NEA & AFT give more than $2.2 million to Democratic Governors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – There are serious differences between factions in the Democratic Party over education policy, but they all agree that defeating Republicans at the polls is the top priority.During the second quarter of 2014, the Democratic Governors Association received $13.8 million, most of it from labor unions and $2,260,000 from NEA and AFT alone.

Someone will ask, so let’s be clear that this is dues money being used, since it is not a direct contribution to a candidate for office. Traditionally these funds are spent on media buys to promote a particular stance on an issue, which tend to appear in battleground states and coincide with the position of a recommended candidate.